Russian-German Laser Network at the Photonics Fair in Moscow

The five members of the expert network will present their services in the field of laser technology at a joint exhibition stand.

The individual “Laser Innovation Technological Centers (LITC)” from Moscow, Yekaterinburg, Kaluga, Rostov and St. Petersburg are especially geared towards small and medium-sized enterprises (SME's).

The idea behind the LITC is based on the network of laser testing and consulting centers, which was founded in Germany in 1996. Like in Germany, the Russian LITC aim at presenting their laser know-how to a wide industrial base, acting as a sort of “jump start” in laser technology for SME's.

The five Russian centers will not only present the network at the Photonics fair in Moscow, but will also show uses of laser technology in industry, including samples that were manufactured in the course of the project.

The project leader and stand organizer is the Laser Zentrum Hannover (LZH), who is bringing the expertise they gained in the project in Germany into the LITC. “If the Russian network is as successful as the German network was,” says project head Klaus Nowitzki of the LZH, “there will soon be a boom in the industrial use of lasers in Russia.”

The network of Russian-German Laser Centers LITC, which is supported by the Germany Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), is located in Pavilion 3, Stand G 30.

Contact:
Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. (LZH)
Michael Botts
Hollerithallee 8
D-30419 Hannover Tel.: +49 511 2788-151
Fax: +49 511 2788-100
E-Mail: m.botts@lzh.de
The Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. (LZH) carries out research and development in the field of laser technology and is supported by the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labour and Transport of the State of Lower Saxony (Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Wirtschaft, Arbeit und Verkehr).